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Vulnerability · Published Jun 24, 2021 · Assigned by mitre

CVE-2020-28097

Medium 5.9

In plain English

A medium-severity security flaw in the linux package (Debian). There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.5% (higher than 44% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS NVD)5.9Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.5%top 55.7% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

The vgacon subsystem in the Linux kernel before 5.8.10 mishandles software scrollback. There is a vgacon_scrolldelta out-of-bounds read, aka CID-973c096f6a85.

Affected packages & fixed versions

EcosystemPackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian:12linux5.8.10-1DEBIAN-CVE-2020-28097
Debian:13linux5.8.10-1DEBIAN-CVE-2020-28097
Debian:14linux5.8.10-1DEBIAN-CVE-2020-28097
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-intel-iot-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2020-28097
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-raspi-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2020-28097
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2020-28097

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
n/a n/a n/a

References